Ethics in Life Sciences and Healthcare
Exploring Bioethics through Manga
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Is it okay to take pills to help you ace exams? Should you be able to choose the sex of your child? Is abortion murder? These controversial questions will be explored through Manga in this bioethics course. Bioethics is an interdisciplinary field of study that looks into ethical, legal, and social implications of life sciences and health care.
This course will help you understand key ethical issues surrounding crucial problems that profoundly impact your life from birth to death.
This course will help you understand key ethical issues surrounding crucial problems that profoundly impact your life from birth to death.
Topics include:
Reproductive technology such as surrogacy and sex-selection of the baby
Informed consent
Abortion
The use of medical technology for the purpose of enhancement
Euthanasia
Living Donor Organ Transplantation
Cloning Technology
ES Cells and iPS Cells
Lifespan and Eternal Life
Brain Death and Organ Transplants
You will also learn about ethical arguments and regulations in Japan and other countries concerning life sciences and healthcare. Our hope is, through this course, you will better understand and formulate your own opinions on these important issues.
DISCLAIMER : The intention of this course is to present different arguments and perspectives on a number of different topics on bioethics. In other words, this course DOES NOT aim to instill in its audience any particular perspective, religious or otherwise, on each topic.
No previous knowledge of bioethics is needed.
What you'll learn
- Basic terms for bioethics
- Basics of ethical arguments
- How decisions are made on critical bioethics issues
- Regulations and public policies related to bioethical issues in Japan and other countries
- What is Assisted Reproductive Technology?
- Sex Selection
- Pros & Cons of Sex Selection
- Ethical Issues Associated with Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Cancer and Its Disclosure in Japan
- Pros & Cons of Cancer Disclosure
- Paternalism & Self-Determination
- Informed Consent & Patient-Centered Medicine
- Current Situation of Abortion in Japan
- Ethical Discussions in Japan
- Ethical Discussions in Europe & America
- Social Problems Related to Abortion
- Use of Medical Technologies for Enhancement
- The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – The Anti-Use Position
- The Ethical Pros and Cons of Enhancement – Where Are Enhancement Technologies Heading?
- Euthanasia and Death with Dignity
- Japanese Cases of Euthanasia
- For and Against Euthanasia
- Palliative Medicine
- Living Wills
- Organ Transplantation
- The History of Organ Transplantation
- Living-Donor Organ Transplantation and Ethical Problems
- Organ Trafficking
- Living-Donor Organ Transplants: Exception or the Rule?
- Media Reports on the Birth of Dolly the Cloned Sheep and “the Birth of a Human Clone”
- Two Purposes of Cloning and Ethical Controversy
- Regulation of Human Cloning
- Discussion with the Instructor – Part 1
- Production of ES Cells and Regenerative Medicine
- Barriers to ES Cell Production
- The Production of iPS Cells
- Problems of iPS Cells
- Human Lifespan in the Past, Present, and Future
- Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on the Individual
- Effects of Life-Extension Technologies on Society
- Discussion with the Instructor – Part 2
- The Organ Transplant Law and its Revision in Japan
- The Process of Organ Donation
- Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 1
- Ethical Controversy over Brain Death 2
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Length | 10 weeks |
Effort | 2 - 3 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Kyoto University, KyotoUx via edX |
Instructor | Satoshi Kodama |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Humanities |
Tags | Biology & Life Sciences Medicine Philosophy & Ethics |
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Rating | Not enough ratings |
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Length | 10 weeks |
Effort | 2 - 3 hours per week |
Starts | On Demand (Start anytime) |
Cost | $49 |
From | Kyoto University, KyotoUx via edX |
Instructor | Satoshi Kodama |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Humanities |
Tags | Biology & Life Sciences Medicine Philosophy & Ethics |
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